Not much to be said about my first week of year-end leave burn; got a handful of things done around the house, took about ten miles of walk with the dog, nursed the lovely spouse through a sinus infection, and got my teeth cleaned. But mostly, though? I played some video games, read a couple […]

Another week, more gossip, stress, bullshit, “senior officials” dropping dubious tips in the press, and no real movement. This is my world now. The big story of the week, however, the absolute electoral blowout here and elsewhere, which (along with hearing that a couple of my favorite co-workers took advantage of the current business to […]

Starting this one out on a positive note, on Saturday, the Humdingers won “Best Performer” in this year’s Pegasus Awards (essentially the Grammys™ for “filk” music). It’s a big deal, and the fact that I’m a piece of that win feels good. Now, to the rest of it, which is mostly awful bullshit: Not a […]

So, we’re well into week four, and still no particular movement on anything. The legislative branch continues to stay buried in their bunkers, emerging every now and then to vote the same way they have the last dozen times, and the executive branch is way more into trashing landmarks of great historical significance than governing […]

Such a week. I got a lot of stuff done, around the house and creatively (knocked out the bones of pretty much a whole album), though between entering shutdown week three, experiencing a personal health setback, some minor drama elsewhere, fearing for a cat’s life, and the effing dishwasher dying…again, it’s not been entirely awesome. […]

Still here, still sucks. Really trying to not read the news so much; just a quick survey of the morning headlines on Playbook and double-checking in the evening to confirm that the Senate votes went the same way they did the day before. Otherwise, I’ve got a ton of household projects done, took a couple […]

So I was largely off the grid on Tuesday; spending way too much time in meetings during the day, and an allergy-aggravated headache that might well be a migraine creeping in, so I dragged myself home and mostly lie in the dark with my eyes covered until bedtime, which came earlier than usual. So I […]

I worked three days this week. Those days were…productive. Lots back-end database work to support requirements tracking in the new fiscal year, and a seemingly never-ending stream of paperwork. I’m kind of done with it, which is good, because it’s Friday afternoon. Between traveling back from WSNC, and taking off Wednesday for a doc appointment […]

Slipping out quietly after close of business Tuesday night, the Supreme Court released it’s ruling on the pending litigation regarding the federal workforce EO. It came out about how I expected; there’s been no argument that the head of the executive branch, as outlined in Article II of the Constitution, doesn’t have the power to […]

Even for a short week, where I was in the office for approximately 32 hours (less my approved time for fitness, which is one awesome benefit I actually still get to take advantage of), I’ve spent approximately twenty of those hours locked down on Microsoft Teams meetings, and the rest looking for an open rest […]